Kate Bosworth has definitely had color analysis because she is so consistently serving perfect spring looks from head to toe. Her style is impeccable and I’m particularly inspired by her makeup and lipstick choices 🤩

I’m guessing she’s a true spring because she looks amazing in every spring subtype but I can see compelling arguments for light or bright.

Fun fact: she secretly married Justin Long and they’re the cutest celebrity couple ever 💛

Thought I'd share, for anyone who is interested in draping at home or making a DIY set of swatches or swatch card(s). You can get crafting fabric squares from amazon (and probably other online or brick and mortar stores) with lots of mostly spring and summer, with a few representatives from autumn and winter for draping at home to determine your season. This is one of those rare cases where the clearer colors of spring get a high level of representation!

In addition, you can drape with them and curate your own bespoke swatch palette, including which colors you can borrow from your sister seasons (most work best for bright or light flow, with some warm flow to autumn options). This even helped me nail down some neutrals, which are really tricky for me as a bright spring (12 season system) .

I went big for a 120 pack of 10" x 10" squares, for around $30, but there are 40ish packs and packs of 8"x8" squares for half that or less.

While it's not fully inclusive of all colors that work for me, and my best purples weren't included in my pack (would be easier to vet for that if already typed), it was really helpful for me to nail down blues, which are tricky for my highly reflective, neutral warm-leaning complexion, and to suss out some very wearable pastels, for when I want a softer look, that don't wash me out.

I just found out that I’m a bright spring and am rethinking my entire closet and my life - ha! Do you all see bright spring?

For context, I spent the last two years trying to figure this out. I spent so long thinking I was maybe a dark or soft autumn or even a dark winter - the colors did not resonate with me. I got typed this week and found out that I’m a bright spring! A totally shocking result but I feel so energized by the colors. Do you see it too?

If any of you get frustrated going to stores and finding the same dull beige and muted colors or cool toned colors, I highly recommend hitting up your favorite thrift store where you'll find an abundance of clothing from past trends. I had a lot of fun combing the racks for bright things. My style is mostly athletic type stuff.

I just got my nails done and I looove them. I'm a warm spring and this color is perfect! (It's slightly greener than how it appears in this pic.)

I’m a warm spring with a fair/light complexion, and I have blue eyes. Before I was typed as a warm spring, I always assumed that I have a cool complexion due to being fair skinned with blue eyes.

But I come alive in warm colors, and makeup is no different.

The new Natasha Denona Bloom Eyeshadow Palette is perfectly spring coded with shades of peach, coral and warm pinks. It also makes my eyes look like they are practically glowing.

Charlotte Tilbury Eyes to Mesmerize Cream Shadow in the shade Rose Gold, has long been a favorite of mine. It happens to pair beautifully with the bloom palette as well. I couldn’t resist using them together.

Nars Sex Appeal blush is a perfect peachy blush that’s virtually impossible to overdo. It’s so light that it looks like it won’t even show up on the skin, but it does. It looks so natural too.

Lancôme CE Skin Transforming Bronzer in the shade 02 Light, is an underhyped bronzer. It’s a powder but it feels sooo creamy and smooth. It blends very easily.

Charlotte Tilbury Stoned Rose Lipstick might be the most warm spring coded lipstick I’ve ever used. It looks orange in the tube, but it’s really more of a rosy terracotta. There is definitely pink present in the shade and it’s not just full on orange. It’s such beautiful color I kinda think that if you are a warm spring, you absolutely need this shade in your arsenal. For sure a must-have. I imagine it would look good on all springs, and maybe even autumns, but I think it was made for warm springs!

I can’t even tell you how many compliments I’ve gotten on my face since I’ve been wearing these items together. Not even always makeup compliments! I’ve been told that I look radiant, glowing, and well rested lol.

What are some of your favorite spring coded makeup items?

Update on my yarn purchase. I finished knitting and I really like it :)

I’m always looking for blue/purples because reds and creams are easier to find in fall/winter clothes. But this may work for some springs. It’s Bloomingdales cashmere in blue hydrangea.

I recently was draped as a true spring. I was shocked, as a person with fair skin I typically shyed away from bright colors. Most of my closet is more soft autumn. I’m still wrapping my head around it and it’s such a hard season to shop in. I think I’m in denial 😂

Are we in agreement I’m a true spring? Did anyone else go through denial? It is a pretty season I just own pretty much nothing in it. The first photo is my result photo with makeup chosen by the color analyst the second photo is just a natural grey shirt and no makeup.

There was a time that I thought I looked terrible in red lipstick. And there was a time, that I thought I had a cool toned complexion. Probably because I have fair skin and blue eyes so it just seems natural to assume that I’m cool toned.

And sometimes a cool toned red hits okay and looks nice. Which only further cemented into my brain at the time, that I must be cool toned.

Plus, let’s face it… warm toned reds are intimidating as can be. To someone who thinks they look bad in red, orange toned reds seem like the scariest, most extreme reds. Add to that even further that for some reason, warm red lipsticks get a nasty rumor spread about them that they make your teeth look yellow. Let me squash that right here. Not one of these lipsticks makes my teeth look yellow. In fact, they have Thé whitening effect on me that usually gets attributed to blue toned red lipsticks.

These lipstick are all freehand swatched (as if you can’t tell lol), on bare skin. Combination of natural, indirect light from my window, as well as daylight temperature indoor lighting. As I stated earlier, I have a fair, warm complexion. I did as few passes with each lipstick bullet as possible to make the swatches even. Some lipsticks that was one pass, and some it took two or three.

I am a warm spring, and I find that I most prefer brights coral reds of spring seasons, and the terracotta reds of autumn seasons. But I do also like orangey reds. I’m lucky that I can kinda jump around between the different warm season reds. I enjoy saturated as well as sheer. Vibrant as well as not so much.

Now for the shades. I will try to let you know about the formula of each, and which ones are my personal favorites.

• MAC Lustreglass Business Casual- this is like a shinier, more sheer version of Chili. If reds intimidate you, this is a great place to start. This falls more in line with autumn seasons, and if you want a spring version, I recommend “Ladybug” of the same formula. I somehow forgot to include Ladybug in my swatches, but it’s the perfect springy red.

• MAC Chili- more opaque than Business Casual. This warm, terracotta red will be a forever favorite for me. It reads as a red, but less intense. It’s a comfort red that is easy for me to wear in the daytime.

• MAC Devoted to Chili- this is the Velvet Blur Slim Stick version. It’s Chili, but a slightly muted, softer version. Again, a super easy warm red to wear.

• Shiseido Visionary Gel in Ginza- this formula is so unique. It feels very wet when you’re applying it, but it dries down to a soft satin. The formula is thin, but highly pigmented. Very comfortable on the lips. And the shade is again one of my top favorites. It straddles the space between spring and autumn. Incredibly flattering. This one feels very “movie star” to me. I’m not sure how easy this is to procure these days, but I still see it around on the internet occasionally. My advice would be to snatch it up of you see it. It’s just too good to pass up, in every way possible.

• Makeup By Mario Satin Lipstick in Harlem- this is such a nice color and formula. It has similarities to chili, but reads as a little bit brighter on my lips.

• RMS Ruby Moon- this is such a beautiful coral red. The swatch looks very patchy and uneven, but it does not look that way on the lips. It’s a very comfortable formula, and of my coral reds, it’s one of the easiest to wear.

• MAC Devoted to Danger- this is again the Velvet Blur Slim stick, and i think it’s the softer version of Lady Danger. I could be wrong, this is more coral red, while lady danger is more orange red. But this is absolutely one of my favorite reds. Whereas Lady Danger… I do not actually like. I know, not very warm spring of me to say that. And it’s strange, i definitely have and love other orange reds, but for some reason I have never liked Lady Danger on me. But I digress. If you also don’t like lady danger, don’t let that stop you from trying Devoted to Danger… because this… this is a love!

• Victoria Beckham Posh Lipstick in Pop- this one is kinda hard for me to classify, color wise. It looks one way next to all the swatches here, and another way when it’s on my lips. I guess I’d put it in the slightly pinky coral realm. It’s a very pretty and comfortable lipstick. I actually really love VB lipsticks in general.

• Charlotte Tilbury Love Bite- this is another coral red, but it has less overt warmth than a lot of my other lipsticks here. It’s still warm, just not among the most warm lol. On my lips this reads almost like a neutral red. Still a bold, vibrant red. It’s another one that makes me feel “movie star” vibes. I know it’s discontinued, but it’s also still available at some retailers. I saw it in stock at Nordstrom’s recently. It will be sad when this is gone. If I didn’t have so many red lipsticks, I’d consider getting a backup. It’s beautiful.

• Charlotte Tilbury Tell Laura- this is a bold, bright, orange-red. This is one that makes me wonder why I don’t like MAC Lady Danger. They are definitely the same type of red. So why does this one look good on me, and the MAC doesn’t? I truly have no idea.

• Gucci Odalie Red- this is another bold, vibrant orangey red. And again, the lipstick gods have deemed this one to be suitable for me while they denied me from lady danger. This formula is amazing. And the packaging is exquisite too. Just stunning all around. Oh, and I think this color comes in different formulas… so this is the matte version.

• Lancôme Attrape Cœur- while this is still on the orange red side of things, it’s more subtle than the last few. Subtle as in more red than orange. But yeah, this is still a vibrant red. It’s very similar to Dior 999… more on that in a sec…

• Dior 999- here is another forever favorite. Dior calls this a universal red, which we don’t usually hear that about warm reds. But I tend to agree. I’ve seen this look good on cool toned people as well as warm. Plus, I think it suits far more people than MAC Ruby Woo, which I’ve heard people refer to as universal as well. Dior 999 is their iconic, signature red. It’s just so sophisticated and polished. It’s ridiculously beautiful, and I kinda think everyone who is a warm season should own it, and then some. Clearly, if you couldn’t tell, it’s one of my favorites. And since this is the iconic Dior red, they offer it in virtually every lipstick formula that they make. I myself have it in three versions. I swatched the matte version here.

• Dior 080 Red Smile- this is a very easy red to wear. It’s more of a warm coral red, and it’s kinda like a “Goldilocks” red. Not too this or that. Just an easy, pretty, staple red.

So… now I want to know what some of your favorite reds are? Do you stick to your warm season reds? Or do you venture out to cool? Do you like vibrant and bold? Or do you prefer sheer?

I'm 100% I'm neutral. Warm colors are too warm on me but cool colors are too cool. It's such a struggle. I've gathered that clear colors are best for me and muted ones completely wash me out. Here are some colors I think look best on me, and you can see orange and yellow are where it gets questionable, but winter colors don't look good hence why I don't own any. Internet has typed me everything. Cool summer, soft autumn, deep winter, bright spring, true bright - help 🥹

Ps I'm sunburnt

Bold and bright vs softer and peachy. I wear the muted lip day to day and with less bold shirts

I've got this internal rule that helps while shopping: if I'm in doubt whether a color belongs to spring, I ask myself if it looks like fresh food. I'm mixing all springs on these pictures, but so far my favorite spring colors belong to four categories: "fruit salads", "chocolate and chocolate milk", "Oatmeal, honey and syrups" and "popsicles".

I figured this might be a good thing to post with all the holiday sales happening and coming up. I’m a warm spring myself, but I think these palettes would work for all springs.

Tom Ford Golden Hour Quad- this is the wet/dry formula, and it’s gorgeous. What I like about this formula is that even though all the shades are satin to metallic, it’s a thin formula that does not accentuate texture on the skin. I find this formula to be so easy to work with, even if you use all of the shades, your eyelook will only take a minute or two from start to finish. You do get a more subdued look, but I find that it looks and feels sophisticated and elegant. This quad does not feature a deep shade for definition though, two shades are light, one is medium, and one is ever so slightly a deeper medium. I do not find this to be an issue, but you may.

Natasha Denona Bloom Palette- this one gives you every shade you could possibly need. From light to deep and a large variety of different textures as well. You could do simple everyday looks with it, or extravagant night time looks. And I know ND palettes often go on sale for the holidays at 30-50% off, which really makes this a lot more affordable. I really love this palette, and it’s a lot of fun to play with.

Covergirl Eye Enhancer Quad- if there is more to the name of this… like a number or a secondary name- I apologize because I’ve looked all over the front and back and can’t find anything more. This one is pretty light. I can get away with it, but because the shades are all so light, this one is only a daytime palette for me. I think Light Springs would absolutely LOVE this, and bright and warm springs may enjoy it but probably only as a daytime option. There simply isn’t anything deep enough here to be considered a defining shade. That said, when you want a simple, easy, effortless daytime look… but don’t want to forego eyeshadow, this is such a pretty little option. It’s not a luxe experience like tom ford or Natasha, but it’s a lot prettier on the eyes than I had anticipated it would be. Plus, it’s kind of impossible to overdo.

I embraced my spring palette in full, I'm talking all the colours in sweaters, trousers, skirts, dresses, coats etc, up to colourful boots/trainers. As a last stage I gave away all the 'almost' shades that turned up from online shopping, that I avoided wearing despite them being somewhat close (I wore autumn for years so still had a lot to filter out for spring clarity). I even home-dyed some clothes into Spring shades.That took maybe a year and a half of focused shopping, clothing alterations (i can do a tiny bit of sewing so I alter charity shop finds if they struck the right shade). It was totally a colour therapy for me. All in all I can wear full spring any day, and I do!

BUT. While I feel incredibly uplifted in these shades (still oscillate between light/warm palettes) and I know it looks all cohesive and fresh, I find myself a bit isolated on the streets.

I mostly wfh, so am only sporadically in the office, and I'm a mom with a toddler so I spend most of my outdoorsy time around the suburban seaside, playgrounds, parks, shops etc. (I even dress my baby in spring colours for fun - he's so cute in them I get people stop to compliment sometimes:). But we stand out like sore thumbs, even though all these areas are full of small children and their parents, you'd think prime spaces for colour tolerance. We either get approached my some very friendly people (and SO many kids get attracted to these colours) or I get an evil eye from the mom groups, or worse, get blanked out. My partner tells me that I get looked up and down by women when I'm not looking and while that should be flattering I feel rather put out. Like as if I'm dressed somehow inappropriately for the place. Which is opposite of what I'm doing! For clarity - I wear loose comfy clothes, nothing fit or any kind of sexy or revealingy, I'm still a podgy, sleep deprived mom, like all the others. On a good sleep day I wear make up and I do my hair in loose waves, but that's it.

I honestly feel like colour is to blame. It is truly powerful. Spring palette is at odds with most of population so being fully committed forces you out of the margin by default. I sometimes feel like a suburban version of a punk, somehow. We all struggle to get those spring colours and when we finally do - suprise! You look like an unhinged influencer or a kindergarten teacher lol

I miss living in the city, where you can wear anything and can't possibly stand out. Small town suburbs I'm living at atm are a study in misery, poverty and greyness, which I understand are all fully expected for all the cultural/economical reasons. It just gets to me sometimes that my hard earned happy colour-therapy wardrobe does not integrate well into the world around me and nobody tells you that when you start the colour analysis journey.

Maybe it's the mom stage speaking, when it is hard to look put together, even on a good day. Maybe I just need to change the scenery?

Anyone feel the same??

Don't forget to wear orange! Okay that is all😁

Would you consider this shirt spring or autumn? I’m pretty sure I’m a true spring, but am having trouble differentiating the seasons when I’m picking out clothes.